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messing around with warm lighting sweeps on dark mode.
practiced this technique from valeri visuals to see how far i could push depth without washing out the actual UI elements.
done in after effects.
curious to hear your thoughts on the easing and light leaks!
Amazing work!
appreciate it bella!
thanks ganesh!
The light leak sweeping across without blowing out the timer UI is the hard part and you nailed it. Since it's After Effects and not native code, how are you thinking about handing this off, is it a reference for a dev to recreate or meant to ship as an actual video asset?
appreciate that maty! yeah, keeping the numbers readable under the light sweep was definitely the trickiest part.
honestly, it started purely as a visual practice piece in ae, but the intention was to see how it holds up as a finished video asset for hero sections or launch demos rather than dev handoff, great question man!
the orange edge light is so good. the timer stays easy to read!
The easing has a nice slow build before it sweeps through, gives the light leak weight instead of feeling like a preset. Reads more like a physical light source than an animated gradient.
That amber light against the dark UI is lovely, Franko.
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